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This stuff is also sold at Walmart... that pretty much always indicates lowest cost production (at least for things that carry low prices at Walmart, sometimes they carry established brands) which, with something like castings, often means voids and inclusions.

I've seen Lodge at Target as well, it's why I mentioned the low price thing). I'm fairly certain Paula Deen's stuff is below Lodge prices. Maybe what I really should have said is things that carry surprisingly low prices for being endorsed by conspicuously popular "experts" as compared to products from established brands, such as Lodge.

I just love this line in the original, fake/folksy announcement of her line: "These two cast iron pieces feature an interior that I’ve already seasoned for you, so you won’t have to do it!"

"I've already seasoned it for you!" Me, Paula, with my own sweet widdle hands, stood over each and every piece of this here quality cast iron and anointed it with the sweat of mah brow and the grease of my elbow. Ya'll hurry up and by it, now! ;-)

Paula Deen is a prime example of Food Network jumping the shark from "an informative channel about cooking with some other shows thrown in for entertainment" to "infotainment for people who will never cook and are intimidated by actual information on cooking, but want to see a 'celebrity' or some more 'reality TV' (because there's not enough of it out there already?)".

Heck, Emeril's old "Bam" is ludicrously restrained by today's FoodNetwork standards. And at least he had some actual skills. I mean, what's with the "semi-homemade" chick? Do we really need to watch TV to learn how to add some more cheese to a box of Kraft Mac N' Cheese?